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 Agricultural fairs and automobile exhibitions are held in May each year on the Prague Exhibition grounds.

Different Slav nations (Serbs, Bulgarians) are organising in Prague special Exhibitions of home industries etc. In 1914. a great Slav Exhibition is to be held in Prague, where all Slav nations will be represented. There are few cities in the world with so many beautiful gardens and parks as has the City of Prague. One of the most attractive is the Royal Garden close to the Royal Palace. Not far away is a spacious fine park called Královská Obora (Royal Forestpark) with a hunting castle and music pavillons. (Tramcar No. 3 from the Powder Tower.)

The Petřin (with a miniature Eifel Tower) and the Kinský Garden give a charming view of the City.

There are also pretty island parks on the Žofín (Sophia’s Island) and on the Střelecký ostrov (Shooting Island) where daily good concerts are given.

Opposite the Francis Joseph Station is a fine city park: “Městský sad“ and opposite the Town Hall of the New Town an other charming park: the “Charles park“.

The “Rudolph“ quay, the “František“ quay, the “Rieger“ quay, the “Palacký“ quay are used as promenades along the entire length of the river above the embankment.

Most of the palaces on the left side of the river (Malá Strana) have most charming gardens f. i.: Waldstein palace, Prince Lobkovicz palace, Fürstenberg palace, Counts Schoenborn palace etc.

There are concerts in most of the public parks in the afternoons and evenings during the summer.

In music the Bohemians had achieved world-wide renown. The New Bohemian National Theatre (built 1883) produces dramas, operas and ballets of the principal Bohemian masters: Smetana, Dvořák, Fibich, Kovařovic, Káan.

It is worth a visit to Prague solely to hear the operas of great Bohemian composers Smetana, Dvořák, Fibich produced in the New Bohemian National Theatre.

The Prague conservatory of Music, the first academy of music established in Austria, celebrated this year a centenary of its foundation. The famous violin teacher Ševčík was one of the professors of this institute and Kubelík, Kocián, Fr. Ondříček, Mary Hall were educated here.

To see and watch young Bohemia at play the visitor should ascend to the Letná plain (tramcar No. 3 from Powder Tower and funicular railway close by the Elisabeth bridge.)